barry@ames.UUCP (Kenn Barry) (05/20/85)
> To read is to understand, sort of Numen et nomen (sp?). The regular > irregularity of music might very well come within the scope of the > little monsters fractal geometry describes. The only problem is that > at current, fractalizing algorthms take a while to do there work, and > most music generators are fairly fast (but then that is what film is for). I once played around with a fractal composition algorithm on my Apple. Nothing fancy, just a short routine that picked the pitch of each note from a user-given key. Of the 30 or so short pieces I had it compose, I was pleasantly surprised when two of them turned out (I thought) rather interesting. I think fractals have a lot of promise for computer-generated music. Is anyone doing any serious music stuff with them? - From the Crow's Nest - Kenn Barry NASA-Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USENET: {ihnp4,vortex,dual,nsc,hao,hplabs}!ames!barry